The sixth annual MusiCares MAP Fund benefit concert will celebrate Women In Recovery and salute former first lady Betty Ford and the Betty Ford Center at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Friday, May 7.
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Legendary heavy metal guitarist Tony Iommi (BLACK SABBATH, HEAVEN & HELL) will be interviewed this Saturday, April 4 at 6 p.m.
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Finnish extreme metallers IMPALED NAZARENE have issued the following update: “We have decided to re-sign with Osmose Productions once again.
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Relapse Records has announced the signing of North Carolina’s HORSEBACK.
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German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS have announced the dates for the North American leg of their “Get Your Sting And Blackout” world tour in support of the new album.
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The following excerpts are from an interview with heavy metal fans in Egypt which aired on Egypt’s Dream 2 TV in February-March, 2010.
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The charismatic and complex singer/songwriter Glenn Danzig is set to unleash his first new DANZIG studio album in six years.
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HALFORD guitarist “Metal” Mike Chlasciak has scheduled another U.S.
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“Sting In The Tail”, the new album from German hard rock veterans SCORPIONS, sold 18,500 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No.
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE guitarist Adam Dutkiewicz and drummer Justin Foley were interviewed on this past weekend’s (March 26-28) edition of Full Metal Jackie’s nationally syndicated radio show.
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WE ARE THE FALLEN, the group formed by EVANESCENCE co-founder Ben Moody (guitar) and other former members ? John LeCompt (guitar) and Rocky Gray (drums) ? along with “American Idol” powerhouse vocalist Carly Smithson and bassist Marty O’Brien (DISTURBED, KELLY CLARKSON, STATIC-X, METHODS OF MAYHEM,TOMMY LEE) ? will release its debut album, “Tear The World Down”, on May 11 via Universal Republic Re
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Rocklahoma has announced new additions to its Memorial Day Weekend lineup of top rock artists from the past three decades.
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Fan-filmed video footage of American/Norwegian melodic metallers KAMELOT performing a brand new song, “The Great Pandemonium”, on March 28, 2010 at Koko in London, England can be viewed below.
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